Ornamental article of manufacture, as hat-pin, button, brooch, and the like.



C. WHITELEY.

ORNAMENTAI. ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE, AS HAT PIN, BUTTON, BROOCH, AND THELIKE.

' APPLICATION FILED JAN-27,1916. I

l ,1 91 ,636. Patented July 18, 1916.

' TNVENTOR Dharhswhltale a; ATTORNEYS entrain s rrirns; rarnnr orricn.

CHARLES WI'IITELEY, F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

ORNAMENTAL ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE, AS HAT-PIN, BUTTON, BROOCH, AND THELIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 18, 1916 Applicationfiled January 27, 1916. Serial No. 74,550.

To all 1117mm it may concern:

lie it known that I, CHARLES VVHITELEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and'State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new. and useful Improvements 1n Ornamental- ."irticlesof Manufacture, as Hat-Pins, Buttons, Brooches, and the like; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanymg drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

The present invention has reference, gen- Y orally, to improvements inthe construction 7 of ornamental hat-pins, buttons, brooches V suchcharacter as to be easily associated with the ornamental element withoutdanger of and similar articles of personal wear; and, the inventionrelates, more particularly, to a novel construction of device of thecharac-- ter above mentioned adapted to provide a mental element, suchas an enameled ornament, jewel or similar element, together with a novelconstructlon of means for mounting and retaining such ornamental elementin proper relation to the article-with whlch 1t is used; such means formounting and retaining said ornamental element being of injuring ormarring the same.

Other objects'of the present invention, not at this time moreparticularly enumerated,

will be clearly understood from the following detailed description ofthe present invention.

/Vith the various objects of my present invention 1n view, the sameconsists, primarily, 1n thenovel construction of ornamental hatpin,button, brooch or the like hereinafter set forth; and the inventionconsists, furthermore, in the novel arrangements and combinations of thevarious devices and parts, as well as in the details ofthe constructionof the said parts, all of which will be more fully described in thefollowing specification, and then finally embodied in the claims whichare appended to and which form an essential part of the said specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hat-pin made according to andembodying the principles of my present invention; and Fig. 2 IS a topview of the same. Fig. 3 is a collective vertical section of the variousdetail parts making up the construction of said novel hat-pin, andillustrating their relation to each other in performing the assemblingof the same to make up the com pleted' device. Fig. 4 is a verticalsection of the said hat-pin showing the parts thereof assembled and thecompletion of the first operation of curling over the bead for providingthe holding means for the ornamental element, and the said ornamentalelement in place ready to be engaged by the holding means to be formedin said head. Fig. 5 is a similar vertical section of the hat-pincompleted, and showing the completed formation in said bead of theholding means for engaging and retaining the ornamental ele-. ment, saidsection being taken on line 5.-5 in said Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a horizontalsection of said hat-pin,taken on line 66 in said Fig. 5, looking in thedirection of the arroww. Fig. 7 is a vertical section of a button,brooch or the like, made according to and embodying the principles of mypresent invention. Fig. 8 is a top view of an incompleted hat-pin,button, brooch or the like, showing a modification of my presentinvention. Fig. 9 is a similar top view of the same witha retaining beadformed to engage and retain an ornamental element in place.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of'the hereinabovedescribed views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to Figs. 1 to (3 inclusive of the accompanying drawings,the reference character 1 indicates a complete hatpin made according toand embodying the principles of my present invention, the samecomprising a hollow head-shell 2 open at its upper end, and preferablyprovided with an inverted conical bottom portion 3, provided at its apexwith an opening through which is inserted a pin-shank 4. At the junctureof said bottom portion 3 with the llt) to I

lower end 10 of said pin-shank 4 is inserted through said'perforation oropening 8, and the pin-shank is passed through the latter until the saidarm or projection-9 is brought up against the upper side of: theflattened central portion? of: the anchor-disk 6. The pin-shank 1' isthen passed through said head-shell 2 and the anchor-disk Gisinsert'edwithin the latter so that its-periphery is seated upon said annularshoulder 5; A- finish-- ing-sleeve or block 11, ofany desirableornamental contour, is slid upward upon said pin-shank at until it abutsagainst the apex of said conical bottom portion of said head-shell '2,being firmly secured in such relation, by being pinched upon saidpinshank, or soldered thereto, or affixed in any other suitable manner.

The reference character 12, indicates a lock-disk, also'preferably ofconcavo-convex form, but having aflat central portion 13.

This lock-disk 12 is inserted. within the upper open end ofsaidhead-shell 2 untilits flat" central portion 13 engages and; rests uponsaid arm or projection 9 of said pinshankhsothat said arm; orprojection- 9 is securely and immovably held between said anchor disk 6,and, said lockdisk 13. After the above described parts have been thusassembled, the upper marginal edge ofsaid headshell 2 is curled inwardlytoform a tubular bead 11, which extends over themar: ginal edges ofsaid. lock-disk 12 and thus-securely holds the parts thus assembled inthe relations above described..- It will be apparent that the pin-shankl is thus securely and immovably related to the head-shell. 2 so as tobe free from any loosening or longi tudinal. movement or yielding whenthe hatpin is in use. The anchor-plate G prevents the said, pin-shankfrom pulling out of or away from= the head-shell 2,v and. the lookdislt,holds, the pin-shank. against yielding when thrusting the same througha. hat while using the hat-pin.

The reference character 15 indicates, an.

ornament shell, or element preferably made of; thin metal inwhich thedesired. ornamental characteristics are embossed; The said ornamentshell 15 is enameledzin desirable colorssuitabl'e to the character andkind of ornamental design desired, the coating of.

ornament element or shell 15 are sprung past the bead 11 so that saidornament element or shell seats itself upon the upper surface of saidlock-disk 12. The bead'H, however, is but loosely related to theornament element or shell and does not firmly embrace the same. In orderto provide a proper retaining or holding means for said ornament elementor shell 15, thesaid bead 14': is provided with a series of radiatingtransverse depressed grooves 17, preferably spaced equally one from theother, and extending aroundthe entire bead 1 1. These depressed grooves17 are formedsby means of a suitable die after the ornament element orshell 15 has been assembled with the head-shell 2, and't-he formation ofsaid depressedgrooves 157: flattens down. the bead 14: at intervals,thereby crowding out portions of' the metal of the bead 11 into thefor-m of holding or gripping projections 18,; which extend in wardlyfrom the inner circumference of said bead so as to engage the marginalsides or edges of said ornament element or shell 15, and thusserve tosecurely hold and retain the same in proper assembled ormounted relation to the head-sheel 2. of the hat-pin, (all of which is moreparticularly illustriatedin Figs. 2. and; of the accompanying drawings).The great advantage of such a construction is thatsaid holding orgripping projections 1'8 may be formed. out of: a curled bead afterthe-ornament element or shell 15 is inposition, and forced into-propercontact with the latter without danger of crack ing, chipping orotherwise marr ing the more or less brittle enamel coating 16 of: saidon nament elementor shell'15 toithe detriment of the finished articleand: at the same time said holding, or gripping projections may be thuseasily and quickly produced, and at once formed and positionedoperatively by asingle operation, out of tlienietal of the head-shell12,thus avoiding, the necessity of extra parts and the assembling of suchextraparts in the article.

Referring now to Fig. 7- of the drawings. I have illustrated therein aslightly modifiedconstruction of article, inthe form of a button orbrooch, which embodies, however the principlesof my, present invention.In this View the reference character 19 indicates the body shell orbacking of a button or brooch. the marginah edges 20 of! which areturned upwardly and then formed or curlech inwardly toprovide a. bead14:.v Arranged within said body-shell or backing 1-9 is a stiffeningplate 21,,somewhat similar to the lock-disk 12. ofthe previouslydescribed construction. The reference character 15 indicates theornament element or shell provided with the enamel. coating 1.6, thesame being laid within the bead 14 and supported upon said stiffeningplate 21. Said bead 14 is provided with a plurality of spaced transverseand radiating depressed grooves 17 which when formed therein force outthe inner side of from the bead 1% the gripping or holding projections18, the latter being adapted to engage and secure in place said ornamentelement or shell 15.

Referring now to Figs. 8 and 9 of the accompanying drawings, I haveillustrated another slight modification of the construction of mypresent invention, as the same may be applied to hat-pins, buttons,brooches or similar articles. In this construction I provide the head orbody shell having the upwardly extending marginal flange 22, and seatedin this shell within the flange is the lock-disk or stiffening disk 23.I also employ the ornament element or shell 15 provided with theenameled coating 16, but I additionally provide, in connection with saidornament element or shell 15, a plurality of horizontally extending lugsor tongues 24 extending outwardly from the periphery of said ornamentelement or shell. In this construction the ornament element or shell 15is placed in position before curling over the edge of the flange 9.2, sothat when such curling takes place the head 14 formed thereby is curledover and down upon said lugs or tongues 24, thus securely anchoring theornament element or shell in place.

It will of course be understood that I do not limit myself to the use ofthe enameled ornament element above described, since it will be apparentthat any other character or kind of ornament, such as a jewel, ivory,glass, bone, or in fact any other style of orament regardless of thekind of material forming the same or the nature of its ornamentation oranesthetic appeal may be used.

I am aware that some changes may be made in the arrangements andcombinations of the various devices and parts, as well as in the detailsof the construction of the said devices and parts, without departingfrom the scope of the invention as set forth in the foregoingspecification, and as defined in the claims appended to and which forman essential part of the said specification. Hence, I do not limit mypresent invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of theseveral devices and parts as described in the said specification, nor doI confine myself to the exact details of the construction of the saidparts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

I claim 1. In an article of the kind described, a shell, an ornamentelement seated within said shell, said shell having an upwardlyextending marginal flange curled over and inwardly to form a tubularhead, said bead being provided with a series of spaced trans- Verse andradially disposed depressed grooves, and inwardly extending grippingprojections forced from said bead at the inner ends of said depressedgrooves for engaging and securing said ornament element in place.

2. In an article of the kind described, a main shell, an ornamentelement, a disk seated within said shell, said ornament being supportedupon said disk, said shell having an upwardly extending marginal flangecurled over and inwardly to form a tubular bead adapted to engage andretain said disk within said shell, said bead being provided with aseries of spaced transverse and radially disposed depressed grooves, andinwardly extending gripping projections forced out from said bead at theinner ends of said depressed grooves for engaging the marginal edges ofsaid ornament element to secure the same in place.

3. In an article of the kind described, a head-shell closed at itsbottom end and provided with a central perforation, an anchordisk seatedwithin said head-shell, said anchor-disk having a central perforation, apin-shank extending downwardly through said perforations of saidanchor-disk and the bottom of said head-shell, a laterally extending armconnected with the upper end of said pin-shank and resting upon saidanchor-disk, a lock-disk seated within said head-shell and resting uponsaid laterally extending arm of said pin-shank, an ornament elementseated within said head-shell and resting upon said lock-disk, and meansconnected with said head-shell for retaining said ornament element inplace.

4. In an article of the kind described, a head-shell closed at itsbottom end and provided with a central perforation, an anchord-iskseated within said head-shell, said anchor-disk having a centralperforation, a pin-shank extending downwardly through said perforationsof said anchor-disk and the bottom of said head-shell, a laterallyextending arm connected with the upper end of said pin-shank and restingupon said anchor-disk, a lock-disk seated within said head-shell andresting upon said laterally extending arm of said pin-shank, saidheadshell having an upwardly extending marginal flange curled over andinwardly to form a tubular bead adapted to engage said lockdisk toretain the same in place, an ornament element seated upon the uppersurface of said lock-disk, and means connected with said bead forengaging and retaining said ornament element in place.

5. In an article of the kind described, a head-shell closed at itsbottom end and provided with a central perforation, an anchordisk seatedWithin said head-shell, said anchor-disk having a central perforation, apin-shank extending downwardly through said perforations of saidanchor-disk and the bottom of said head-shell, a laterally extending armconnected with the upper end of said pin-shank and resting upon said an4 chor-disk, a lock-disk seated within said head-shell and resting uponsaid laterally extending arm of said pin-shank said headshell having. anupwardly extending marginal flange curled over and inwardly to form atubular bead adapted to engage said lock-disk to retain the same inplace, an ornament element seated upon the upper surface of saidlock-disk, and means connected with said bead for engaging and retainingsaid ornament element in place, comprising a series of spaced transverseand radially disposed depressed grooves, and inwardly extending grippingprojections forced out from the side of said bead at the inner end ofsaid groove adapted to engage said ornament element.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this 22nd day of January 1916.

' CHARLES VHITELEY. Witnesses:

FRED C. FRAENTZEL, FREDK C. FRAENTZEL,

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